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Definition of dislocation
- the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue; "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"
- an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
- a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
Hyponyms: abarticulation, diastasis, spondylolisthesis
Derivational Morphology: break down, crush, dislocate, displace, luxate, splay, slip
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